Laura Anne Jefferson

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• 2025

  Barriers to and facilitators of women general practitioners' careers: a systematic review

  Jefferson, L., Webster, E., Golder, S., Barnett, K., Greenwood, N., Dale, V. & Bloor, K., 17 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJGP open.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Investigating the conditions in which women GPs thrive: a realist review protocol

  Abrams, R., Jefferson, L., Golder, S., Whiley, L., Park, S., Williams, V. & Riley, R., 23 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJGP open. BJGPO.2024.0275.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2024

  Exploring Health and Social Care perspectives on the implementation of ‘Right Care, Right Person’, under the National Partnership Agreement

  Jefferson, L. A., Doran, J., Gilburt, H., Dale, V. M. & Bloor, K. E., Dec 2024

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• 2023

  Barriers and facilitators to women general practitioners’ career progression: a systematic review

  Jefferson, L. A., Webster, E., Golder, S., Barnett, K., Greenwood, N., Dale, V. M. & Bloor, K. E., 26 Sept 2023, (Accepted/In press) (medRxiv).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed-methods study

  Jefferson, L., Golder, S., Essex, H., Dale, V. & Bloor, K., 1 Jul 2023, In: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 73, 732, p. e545-e555 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• General practitioner well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study

  Jefferson, L., Heathcote, C. & Bloor, K., 22 Feb 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, e061531.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2022

  A Qualitative Study to Explore the Employment Experiences and Perspectives of Women Living with Multiple Sclerosis in the UK

  Railton, C., Jefferson, L. A. & Taylor, J., 22 Jun 2022, In: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles

  Jefferson, L. A., Golder, S., Sivey, P., Barnett, K. & Greenwood, N., 2022

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• General Practitioners’ wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: novel methods with social media data

  Golder, S., Jefferson, L. A., McHugh, E. S., Essex, H. N., Heathcote, C., Castro Avila, A., Dale, V. M., Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M. & Bloor, K. E., 23 Nov 2022, In: Health information and libraries journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• General practitioner wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study

  Jefferson, L. A., Heathcote, C. & Bloor, K. E., 29 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) (medRxiv).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• GP wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

  Jefferson, L., Golder, S., Heathcote, C., Avila, A. C., Dale, V., Essex, H., van der Feltz Cornelis, C., McHugh, E., Moe-Byrne, T. & Bloor, K., 28 Apr 2022, In: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 72, 718, p. e325-e333 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• GP workforce crisis: what can we do now?

  Jefferson, L. & Holmes, M., 28 Apr 2022, In: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 72, 718, p. 206-207 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

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• 2021

  Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on GP wellbeing

  Jefferson, L. A., Bloor, K. E., Golder, S., Heathcote, C., Castro Avila, A., Dale, V. M., Doran, T., Essex, H. N., Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M., McHugh, E. S. & Byrne, T. M., 7 Sept 2021

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• General Practitioner perspectives and wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a mixed method social media analysis

  Golder, S., Jefferson, L. A., McHugh, E. S., Essex, H. N., Heathcote, C., Castro Avila, A., Dale, V. M., Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, C. M. & Bloor, K. E., 22 Oct 2021, (medRxiv).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  Open Access

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• Support and follow-up needs of patients discharged from intensive care after severe COVID-19: a mixed-methods study of the views of UK general practitioners and intensive care staff during the pandemic’s first wave

  Castro Avila, A., Jefferson, L. A., Dale, V. M. & Bloor, K. E., 11 May 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 5, 9 p., e048392.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Systematic review protocol exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of general practitioners

  Jefferson, L. A., Golder, S., Dale, V. M., Essex, H. N., McHugh, E. S. & Bloor, K. E., 7 Aug 2021.

  Research output: Working paper

  Open Access

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• Women’s priorities for women’s health: a focus group study: PREPARE report for the Policy Research Programme

  Essex, H. N., Cream, J., Hanratty, B., Jefferson, L. A., Lamming, L., Maharani, A., McDermott, Byrne, T. M., Spiers, G. & Bloor, K. E., Dec 2021

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• 2020

  Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT): a randomised controlled trial, economic evaluation and nested qualitative study of cast versus surgical fixation for the treatment of adult patients with a bi-cortical fracture of the scaphoid waist

  Dias, J., Brealey, S. D., Cook, E., Fairhurst, C. M., Hinde, S., Leighton, P., Choudhary, S., Costa, M., Hewitt, C. E., Hodgson, S., Jefferson, L. A., Jeyapalan, K., Keding, A., Northgraves, M., Palmer, J., Rangan, A., Richardson, G. A., Taub, N., Tew, G. A. & Thompson, J. & 1 others, Torgerson, D. J., Oct 2020, In: Health technology assessment. 24, 52, p. 1-141 142 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Surgery versus cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist (SWIFFT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial

  Dias, J., Brealey, S. D., Fairhurst, C. M., Amirfeyz, R., Bhowal, B., Blewitt, N., Brewster, M., Brown, D., Choudhary, S., Coapes, C., Cook, L., Costa, M., Davis, T., DisMascio, L., Giddins, G., Hedley, H., Hewitt, C. E., Hinde, S., Jonathan, H. & Hodgson, S. & 26 others, Jefferson, L. A., Jeyapalan, K., Johnston, P., Jones, J., Keding, A., Leighton, P., Logan, A., Mason, W., McAndrew, A., McNab, I., Muir, L., Nicholl, J., Northgraves, M., Palmer, J., Poulter, R., Rahimtoola, Z., Rangan, A., Richards, S., Richardson, G., Stuart, P., Taub, N., Tavakkolizadeh, A., Tew, G. A., Thompson, J., Torgerson, D. J. & Warwick, D., 6 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet. 396, 10248, p. 390-401 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2019

  Non-attendance at urgent referral appointments for suspected cancer: a qualitative study to gain understanding from patients and GPs

  Jefferson, L., Atkin, K., Sheridan, R., Oliver, S., Macleod, U., Hall, G., Forbes, S., Green, T., Allgar, V. & Knapp, P., Dec 2019, In: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 69, 689, p. e850-e859 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Oral modified release morphine for breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

  Johnson, M., Cockayne, E. S., Currow, D., Bell, K. J., Hicks, K. J., Fairhurst, C. M., Gabe, R., Torgerson, D. J., Jefferson, L. A., Oxberry, S., Ghosh, J., Hogg, K., Murphy, J., Allgar, V. L., Cleland, J. & Clark, A., 6 Aug 2019, In: ESC Heart Failure.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• The impact of surgeon and patient treatment preferences in an orthopaedic trauma surgery trial

  Keding, A., Handoll, H., Brealey, S. D., Jefferson, L. A., Hewitt, C. E., Corbacho , B., Torgerson, D. J. & Rangan, A., 18 Sept 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Trials. 20, 570 (2019).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2018

  Identifying perinatal depression with case-finding instruments: a mixed-methods study (BaBY PaNDA – Born and Bred in Yorkshire PeriNatal Depression Diagnostic Accuracy)

  Littlewood, E., Ali, S., Dyson, L., Keding, A., Ansell, P., Bailey, D., Bates, D., Beresford-Dent, J., Clarke, A., Gascoyne, S., Gray, C., Hackney, L., Hewitt, C., Hutchinson, D., Jefferson, L., Mann, R., Marshall, D., McMillan, D., North, A. & Nutbrown, S. & 9 others, Peckham, E., Pervin, J., Richardson, Z., Swan, K., Taylor, H., Waterhouse, B., Wills, L., Woodhouse, R. & Gilbody, S., 22 Feb 2018, In: Health Services and Delivery Research. 6, 6, p. 1-244 244 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Remote or on-site visits were feasible for the initial setup meetings with hospitals in a multicenter surgical trial: an embedded randomized trial

  Jefferson, L. A., Fairhurst, C. M., Brealey, S. D., Coleman, I., Cook, E., Hewitt, C. E., Keding, A., Northgraves, M., Rangan, A., Tew, G., Torgerson, D. J. & Dias, J., 1 Aug 2018, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 100, p. 13-21 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2017

  Adult Social Care Local Authority Commissioning Behaviours

  Jefferson, L. A., Cream, J., Birks, Y. F., Bloor, K. E. & Murray, R., 12 Jul 2017

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Impact of the PROFHER trial findings on surgeons' clinical practice: An online questionnaire survey

  Jefferson, L., Brealey, S., Handoll, H. H. G., Keding, A., Kottam, L., Sbizzera, I. & Rangan, A., 24 Oct 2017, In: Bone & Joint Research. 6, 10, p. 590-599 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Understanding Domiciliary Care in England

  Hall, P., Jefferson, L. A., Dale, V. M., Bennett, L., Birks, Y. F., Bloor, K. E. & Murray, R., 11 Aug 2017

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• 2016

  Affordable Online Maths Tuition: Evaluation report and executive summary

  Torgerson, C., Ainsworth, H. R., Buckley, H. L., Hampden-Thompson, G. M. H., Hewitt, C. E., Humphry, D., Jefferson, L. A., Mitchell, N. & Torgerson, D. J., Jul 2016, Education Endowment Foundation.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• A randomized, embedded trial of pre-notification of trial participation did not increase recruitment rates to a falls prevention trial

  Arundel, C. E., Jefferson, L. A., Bailey, M., Cockayne, E. S., Hicks, K. J., Green, L.R.-L., Rodgers, S. A., Torgerson, D. J. & of the REFORM Study Team, O. B., 20 Jun 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 23, 1, p. 73-78 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 'Away Days' in multi-centre randomised controlled trials: a questionnaire survey of their use and a case study on the effect of one Away Day on patient recruitment

  Jefferson, L., Cook, L., Keding, A., Brealey, S., Handoll, H. & Rangan, A., 1 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 9, 1, p. 24-31

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cost effectiveness of surgical versus non-surgical treatment of adults with displaced fractures of the proximal humerus: economic evaluation alongside the PROFHER trial

  Corbacho Martin, M. B., Duarte, A. I., Keding, A., Handoll, H., Chuang, L.-H., Torgerson, D. J., Brealey, S. D., Jefferson, L. A., Hewitt, C. E. & Rangan, A., 5 Feb 2016, In: Bone and Joint Journal. 98, B, p. 152-159 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Defining the fracture population in a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial: PROFHER and the Neer classification of proximal humeral fractures

  Handoll, H. H. G., Brealey, S. D., Jefferson, L., Keding, A., Brooksbank, A. J., Johnstone, A. J., Candal-Couto, J. J. & Rangan, A., 18 Oct 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bone & Joint Research. 5, 10, p. 481-489 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• No difference found in time to publication by statistical significance of trial results: a methodological review

  Jefferson, L. A., Fairhurst, C. M., Cooper, E., Hewitt, C. E., Torgerson, T., Cook, E., Tharmanathan, P., Cockayne, E. S. & Torgerson, D. J., 5 Oct 2016, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 7, 10, p. 1-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of contextualised grammar teaching and small group teaching to improve the writing skills of 11 year old children

  Mitchell, N., Ainsworth, H. R., Buckley, H. L., Hewitt, C. E., Jefferson, L. A., Torgerson, D. J. & Torgerson, C. J., May 2016, In: Online Educational Research Journal. 2016, 37 p., 91.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT) protocol: a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of cast treatment versus surgical fixation for the treatment of bi-cortical, minimally displaced fractures of the scaphoid waist in adults

  Dias, J., Brealey, S., Choudhary, S., Cook, L., Costa, M., Fairhurst, C., Hewitt, C., Hodgson, S., Jefferson, L., Jeyapalan, K., Keding, A., Leighton, P., Rangan, A., Richardson, G., Rothery, C., Taub, N., Thompson, J. & Torgerson, D., 4 Jun 2016, In: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 17, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 17.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2015

  A randomised controlled trial of a literacy-based summer school to improve the reading and writing skills of children transitioning from primary to secondary school

  Jefferson, L. A., Buckley, H. L., Ainsworth, H. R., Heaps, C., Mitchell, N., Hewitt, C. E., Torgerson, C. & Torgerson, D. J., 2015, In: Online educational research journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring gender differences in the working lives of UK hospital consultants

  Jefferson, L., Bloor, K. & Spilsbury, K., 2015, In: Royal Society of Medicine. Journal. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Surgical vs nonsurgical treatment of adults with displaced fractures of the proximal humerus: the PROFHER randomized clinical trial

  Rangan, A., Handoll, H., Brealey, S., Jefferson, L., Keding, A., Corbacho Martín, B., Goodchild, L., Chuang, L.-H., Hewitt, C., Torgerson, D. & PROFHER Trial Collaborators, 10 Mar 2015, In: Journal of the American Medical Association. 313, 10, p. 1037-1047 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The effect of physician gender on length of patient consultations: observational findings from the UK hospital setting and synthesis with existing studies

  Jefferson, L. A., Bloor, K. E. & Hewitt, C. E., Apr 2015, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 108, 4, p. 136-141 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The ProFHER (PROximal Fracture of the Humerus Evaluation by Randomisation) trial: - a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgical compared with non-surgical treatment for proximal fracture of the humerus in adults

  Handoll, H., Brealey, S., Rangan, A., Keding, A., Corbacho Martín, B., Jefferson, L., Chuang, L.-H., Goodchild, L., Hewitt, C. & Torgerson, D., 31 Mar 2015, In: Health technology assessment. 19, 24, p. 1-280 281 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Women in medicine: historical perspectives and recent trends

  Jefferson, L., Bloor, K. & Maynard, A., Jun 2015, In: British Medical Bulletin. 114, 1, p. 5-15 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2014

  Clinical Trial Networks in Orthopaedic Surgery

  Rangan, A., Jefferson, L. A., Baker, P. & Cook, L., May 2014, In: Bone & Joint Research. 3, 5, p. 169-174

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Developing, delivering and documenting rehabilitation in a multi-centre randomised controlled surgical trial: experiences from the ProFHER trial

  Handoll, H., Goodchild, L., Brealey, S. D., Hanchard, N., Jefferson, L. A., Keding, A. & Rangan, A., Dec 2014, In: Bone & Joint Research. 3, 12, p. 335-340 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Discover Summer School: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary

  Torgerson, D. J., Torgerson, C. J., Jefferson, L. A., Buckley, H. L., Ainsworth, H. R., Heaps, C. & Mitchell, N., May 2014, London: Education Endowment Foundation. 57 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Exploring the outcomes in studies of primary frozen shoulder: is there a need for a core outcome set?

  Rodgers, S. A., Brealey, S., Jefferson, L. A., McDaid, C. M., Maund, E., Hanchard, N., Goodchild, L. & Spencer, S., Nov 2014, In: Quality of life research. 23, 9, p. 2495-2504

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Grammar for Writing: Evaluation Report and Executive Summary

  Torgerson, D. J., Torgerson, C. J., Mitchell, N., Buckley, H. L., Ainsworth, H. R., Heaps, C. & Jefferson, L. A., Feb 2014, In: Education Endowment Foundation. p. 1-47 47 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Online Maths Tuition: Trial Protocol

  Torgerson, D. J., Torgerson, C., Hampden-Thompson, G., Mitchell, N., Buckley, H. L., Heaps, C., Jefferson, L. A., Hewitt, C. E. & Ainsworth, H. R., 2014, London: Education Endowment Foundation.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• 2013

  Discover Summer Writing Workshop: Trial protocol

  Torgerson, D. J., Torgerson, C. J., Jefferson, L. A., Buckley, H. L., Ainsworth, H. R., Heaps, C. & Mitchell, N., 2013, In: Education Endowment Foundation.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Effect of physicians' gender on communication and consultation length: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Jefferson, L. A., Bloor, K. E., Birks, Y. F., Hewitt, C. E. & Bland, M., Oct 2013, In: Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 18, 4, p. 242-248 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Grammar for Writing: Trial protocol

  Torgerson, D. J., Torgerson, C. J., Mitchell, N., Buckley, H. L., Ainsworth, H. R., Heaps, C. & Jefferson, L. A., 2013, In: Education Endowment Foundation.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review